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Show SCORES DIE IN QUAKE DISASTER VOLCANO UNDER I SEA CAUSE OF I ! HUGE TRAGEDY I Thousands Made Homeless I as Catastrophe Visits Chilean Republic GREAT TIDAL WAVE Effects of S. A. Disturbance H Felt in Hawaiian Islands I C"QI 1MP.O. Nov. il. (By fho As-soclated As-soclated Press) One hundred per- " sons were drowned here when a tidal wave coming after the earthquake nil swept In with a great roar. The In-habitants In-habitants were panic stricken and ran ffll to the hills. The advance of the sea IN was accompanied by electiical dls- jjjjjl charges. ANTAFAGASTA, Chile ,Nov. 11. ( (By a boi lated Press.) Upwards of HI 100 persons were killed and many HI eriOUsly injured ,;, Ue earth. i' I Which overturned many In.' I early this mot uing in Cbplapo, capital of the province at Atacama. Th- -hocKJ w.-re in Ant.,- H ifagaata City a few minutes before; I H I midnight Prtda . night. These were prolonged and very severe. Tho clti- H sens were gi atlj alarmed tnd utmost HI ImmeilUiel;, 'i.r.r.ipu... I. a, i: I conn. -ft th- north Kith outh were -'''H About 1:30 this morning a tidal I H WS V6 Inunil , ' cJ ,, the , -ity flood- H ing scores buildings close to tho beach. The raid station was com- Jjli i'letely flood., , and the waters cut 111 awav th" radio m.i bit;.-. ; i.-ij-u. . I more than a mile over the dunes Then U the v, iters ebbed several hundred I J VOLCANO BLAMED. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. It, (By In- I ternatlonal News Service.) The worst III disaster in the history of modern Chile Rfl claimed heavy loss of life early today i' H when parts of the west coast wero 11 devastated by an earthquake and tidal UK I wave. The disturbance Is attributed I H to a submarine volcano H s A number ot small .- i.--t towns w ere I it lyed. Many ships were driven HH ashore. The Chilean government . 1$ I rushing relief to the north coast, -where I H the damage and loss of life appear to WM have been heaviest. The disturbance began shortly afjer , I 3 o'clock The shocks lasted for see- IT I i ll minutes with brief Intermissions. B Immediately afterward the sea off tho H Tai na-Arlca distrlots and even farther ; J south liccam" violently agitated. LI VI s SWEPT OUT. lillghty billows rolled shoreward, in- IM undatlng wide areas and carrying ' lH houses, human bodies and lives to tho vIsbLbbbbI i Telegraph communication was inter- rl.fl rupted, making it difficult lo get de- HS of the cat st ro h Some info:- ' H matlon was furnished by ships that I fl ished wireless messages. H In some districts fir. broke out I H adding to the horror of death and de- 'I M N V HOMELESS, BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 11. i By I I Tho Associated Press.) Seven ty-Qve HI persons were killed and thousands are I M hofn'o as a r, -u t of tin.- destruction f!UH of Coquimbo and several towns north j1 H of Antofagasta, Chile, In today's NH damage is feared In Anlofa- j. H gaata itself, according to private ad- j' H vices from V.ilpci i:-... giving h sum- H m.irv of the reoortx r.., ..Iv. H lhor BBBBBBi i I I I N II AW MI. IIIt. hi Hid of Hawaii, Nov. 11 j H (By The Associated Press.) Tidal H waves Hwept Iilio vay from 8:86 o'clock Friday night until l to o'clock H this morning piling the beach with I H pan and w shlruj ten e ra ft out to ,j I , live-j ar. believed to have I been ;;H |